CVE-2008-5081 Information

Description

The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0 which triggers an assertion failure.

Reference

http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi200.6.24 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33153 http://secunia.com/advisories/33220 http://secunia.com/advisories/33279 http://secunia.com/advisories/33475 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-11.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1690 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/14/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32825 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-696-1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9987 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7520